#53C9BF#53C9BF

#53C9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.107 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9BF
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -35.34, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 35.69, 187.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.1057 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.107 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8537, 47.3704, 56.6394)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9BF #C9535D

analogous

#53C984 #53C9BF #5398C9

triadic

#53C9BF #BF53C9 #C9BF53

tetradic

#53C9BF #8453C9 #C9535D #98C953

square

#53C9BF #8453C9 #C9535D #98C953

split-complementary

#53C9BF #C95398 #C98453

monochromatic

#277B74 #35AAA0 #53C9BF #82D8D0 #B0E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#53C9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9BF

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9BF	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.107 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdad2',
    500: '#53c9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9bf;
$custom-light: #8fdad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.915,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76648,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9BF

secondary

#D4A3A8

accent

#4C58DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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